Little Book Lane
"Sh" Words
Sh, sh, sh! When two letters together always make the same sound, they're called a consonant digraph. Get those early readers ready to use the sh sound with confidence. This packet contains printable wall cards, a miniature sh book for...
Little Book Lane
"Ch" Words
What do chug and chain have in common? The consonant digraph ch of course. Hold onto your hats – here is a packet of worksheets with enough practice activities to fill a short unit. It contains two lists of ch words, three practice...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Family Time: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 5)
Support English language development with a family-themed unit consisting of a series of lessons designed to get your scholars moving, looking, speaking, writing, and listening. Conversation topics include birthdays, family...
Curated OER
Long E Words Matching Game
For this long e words worksheet, students cut out long e words and the pictures they go with, and then match them up together. Students complete 8 matches.
Curated OER
Short A Puzzle Game
In this short A puzzle game worksheet, learners match 24 short A words with the pictures on puzzle pieces that the teacher has printed, cut and laminated.
Curated OER
Middle Sound Segmenting Accuracy
Mico the puppet wants to play a game! Can you figure out which picture card he's thinking of if he only says the middle sound? Choose three picture cards from the extensive library provided here, making sure scholars know what word each...
Curated OER
Reintroduce an Irregular Word
Some words are tricky. Can your scholars quickly recognize irregularly spelled words? Write the word was on the board (or any irregular word you'd like to practice), touching each letter as scholars segment the phonemes. Explain that the...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Onset and Rime, Sound Detective
Play letter sound detective with your class, and snoop out sounds, onsets, blends, and rhyme. In pairs, children take turns choosing a card from the pile; as they sound out part of the word, their partner attempts to figure out which...
Curated OER
Change of State
In this change of states quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
Curated OER
Word Review Card Activity
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
Curated OER
Introduce Middle Sounds Segmenting (Mico Version)
Mico the puppet offers a phoneme challenge for emerging readers: can they find the object with the middle sound they hear? Use the fantastic set of full-color picture cards to play this game with small groups or even the whole class....
Curated OER
Sounding out accuracy, Bingo
Students explore language arts by participating in a class game. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sounds that vowels make in words and identify the different vowels. Students utilize index cards with words on them to...
Curated OER
Anansi Goes to Lunch
Students read the story Anansi Goes to Lunch and complete many language arts-based activities to go with the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students complete activities including phonics, writing, coloring, counting, role...
Curriculum Corner
Digraph Boggle
Th, wh, ch, and sh are only some of the consonant digraphs early readers need to master. Increase skills and digraph recognition with a fun game. Children find words containing an initial or final digraph, circle them, and then write...
Curated OER
Word and Picture Cards--Words with Long I Sound
For this language arts worksheet, learners investigate the long I sound by cutting apart 24 word and picture cards. Each word card has a long I sound word; each picture card has an unlabeled color drawing that matches a word. There are...
Curated OER
Dolch Work Bingo
Students play Bingo using Dolch sight words on their game cards. In this sight word lesson, students create their own Bingo card, filling it out with dolch words from their provided list. When a student has gotten Bingo, the student...
Curated OER
Under the Umbrella
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They use letterboxes to spell 'u' words, identify 'u' = /u/ in written words, and play the 'Under the Umbrella' game.
Curated OER
Segmenting and Blending Words
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
Curated OER
Vowel Sounds-- Short Aa Words
In this short A word worksheet, students unscramble 20 words. Students will write the three letter word on the line. There is a word bank to help clue students.
Curated OER
Spelling Practice (Consonant Sounds k & s)
In this spelling worksheet, students explore words with the consonants k and s. Students practice their spelling by writing each of the twenty words and playing a game with the syllables of each of the words.
Curated OER
Elementary School--Advanced Vocabulary
In this advanced vocabulary activity, students study 20 words, write the word that is spelled correctly on the line after each number, read 10 additional sentences and choose the word in parentheses that completes each sentence...
Curated OER
The Long A Sound: Worksheet 3
Let's learn about the long A sound! Youngsters practice saying the name of each picture listed, and then they unscramble the letters in the boxes provided. They write the word that contains the long A sound on the line. Note: The...
Curated OER
Home Spelling Practice: Grade 1: Short O
In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell six words in a list that all contain the short O vowel sound. Students write each word one time on the lines.
Curated OER
ELA High-Frequency Sight Words
Read high frequency words and rearrange scrambled sentences in order to make proper sentences with pupils. They will also practice oral fluency by reading a word assigned to them. These activities reinforce reading fluency and vocabulary...